Clothes-line support.



A. R. MEYER, JR. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 19M.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

AUGUST 3. MEYER, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application filed May 21, 1914. Serial No. 840,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST R. MEYER, Jr, a citizen of the United States, residing at llew York, in the county of Bronx, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in laundry devices, and particularly to clothes line supports.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and novel device for supporting one end of a clothes line within the house, and to facilitate the putting out and taking in of the clothes without going outside of the house.

Another object is to provide a clothes line device of such construction and arrangement that after the clothes have been put out on the line, the device can be so adjusted as to permit the window being closed.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged. detail sectional view of the means for securing the lower end of the post in position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the line l iof Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the floor plate 14.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a pole on the lower end of which is secured a cap 11, and depending from the bottom of this cap is an angular stem 12 having projecting from one side a lug 13. In the floor of the room is formed an opening, and over this opening is screwed a plate 14 provided with a central rectangular opening 15, this opening being slightly longer than wide. The opening is slightly longer than the distance from the outer end of the lug 13 to the opposite side of the stem 12 so as to permit the stem and lug to readily pass down through the opening. The lug 13 is spaced a distance below the bottom of the cap 11 slightly greater than the thickness of the plate 14,

so that when the stem is inserted in the opening the cap and pole can be pushed forwardly and cause the forward end wall of the opening to engage between the cap and lug. This prevents the pole from accidentally moving upwardly out of the socket and also acts as a brace to prevent the pole falling over. On the upper end of the pole is secured a sleeve 16 provided with a pair of loops or eyes 17, and engaged in these loops or eyes are the hooked ends of the bracing rods 18. The other end of each of the rods 18 is engaged in a loop or staple 19 carried by a plate 20 screwed to the face of the window frame 21. Slidably mounted on the pole below the sleeve 16 is an open sleeve 2: the edges of the open side of the sleeve being extended outwardly away from the pole in parallel relation, as indicated at 23, and between these outstanding portions are mounted the rollers 24 which bear against the face of the pole. A circumferential groove 25 is formed centrally around the sleeve 22, and loosely engaged in this groove is ring 26 provided with a hook 27 at one Formed through the upper portion of the sleeve are the alining openings 28 which are adapted to register with an opening 30 formed transversely through the pole, near the upper end thereof, and through which is received a pin 29. Carried by the hook 27 is a detachable pulley block 31 through which is engaged the clothes line 32, this line extending out through the window and en gaged through similar pulley blocks not shown. At a proper point adjacent the lower end of the pole is formed an opening 33 which is adapted to be alined with the openings 28 and receive the same pin 29 for holding the sleeve 22 in lowered position.

A board 34: is arranged to be placed on the window sill and the window sash 35 lowered so as to rest thereon. In the lower edge of the board is out an opening 36 through which the line 32 passes when the sleeve 22 is lowered and the window sash also lowered. This permits the window to be closed after the clothes have been hung out, and avoids the discomfort of the window remaining open, especially in cold weather.

The clothes line is operated in the manner of the ordinary pulley line, and a description of such operation is thought unnecessary.

When the clothes have been taken from .until again needed.

The rollers 24 permit the sleeve 22 to be quickly and easily moved up and down the pole, the sleeve fitting loosely so as to permit the rollers to effectively engage the face of the pole. The position of the opening 33 is governed by the height of the Window sill from the floor.

What is claimed is:

1. A clothes line support comprising a pole, Window engaging braces carried by the pole, a vertically adjustable runner mounted on the pole and having a clothes line carrying pulley mounted thereon, and means for detachably securing the pole to a floor.

2. A clothes line support comprising a pole, Window engaging braces carried by the upper end of the pole, a socket member Copies of thin patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the commissioner imme.

Washington, D. C.

mounted in the floor, means carried by the lower end of the pole for interlocking en gageinent 1n the socket member, a roller provided With a doivnwardly extending angular stem, said stem having an angularly extending lug on one face thereof, said lug and stem being arranged to pass through the opening of the floor member vertically and for movement horizontally to engage the end Wall portion of the opening between the cap and lug;

In testimony whereof, I my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST R. MEYER, JR.

Witnesses: e

EDWARD J. BARRY, GEORGE F. BIRD. 

